"Mauricio Piacentini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just complementing my previous question: according to a post by Mike the
> following license is used by hsqldb.
>
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html
>
> This is the license in the source files, and this is a license I can work
> with. I don't understand however if it is LEGAL, since Thomas is stating now
> in the forums that additional criteria needs to be fulfilled (like including
> "this product includes Hypersonic" in all ads and product information pages,
> etc.)
No. That is fine. Just the standard BSD advertising clause.
> If the current license is legal then redbase is not doing anything wrong,
The current license is *not* legal. For starters it doesn't correctly assign
copyright.
AKA the hsql license says
> Copyright (c) 1995-2000 by the Hypersonic SQL Group. All rights reserved.
but the hsqldb license says
> * Copyright (c) 2001, The HSQL Development Group
> * All rights reserved.
There is no legal basis for this. Who transferred the copyright?
Also. We are NOT in compliance with the initial HSQL advertising clause. In no
place does HSQLDB say:
> This product includes Hypersonic SQL.
This is a requirement of the original license.
> and I can continue using hsqldb as a backend for our server products. I just
> need a clear confirmation from a project administrator, and Mike's post at the
> "Discussion Forums: License Issues" seems to contradict what Thomas is now
> claiming in the forum.
<snip>
Without these clarifications the HSQLDB project can NOT move forward legally.
Kevin
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